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There is also a 2nd forbidden lamp during night (lemmy.world)
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[–] 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Isnt the sun the actual lamp and all others the forbidden ones? Like they try to orient at the sun when wanting to rise higher, that's why they get caught by artificial light no?

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  • [–] 24 points 3 months ago

    My understanding is that light directly above is their method of determining how to stay upright, so artificial lights cause them to think up is towards the light, so attempting to go in a straight line puts them in orbit around it.

    They aren’t trying to go towards the light at all. They’re attempting to go perpendicular to the light.

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